Title 31 — Title 31: Labor

Sec. 31-21. Legal day's work. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 51-247a, eight hours of labor performed in any one day by any one person shall be a legal day's work unless otherwise agreed. (1949 Rev., S. 7355; P.A. 08-103, S. 4.) History: P.A. 08-103 inserte…

Sec. 31-22. Labor Commissioner's duties of enforcement and reports. Section 31-22 is repealed, effective June 18, 2013. (1949 Rev., S. 7370; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 74-185, S. 2; P.A. 13-140, S. 22.)

Secs. 31-22a to 31-22l. Reserved for future use. PART Ia APPRENTICESHIP

Sec. 31-22m. (Formerly Sec. 31-51a). Apprenticeship. Definitions. When used in sections 31-22m to 31-22q, inclusive, and 31-22u, “apprentice” means a person who is employed under a written agreement to work at and learn a specific trade and who is registered with the Labor Depart…

Sec. 31-22n. (Formerly Sec. 31-51b). Apprenticeship council. The Governor shall appoint thirteen members to the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council, each of whom shall have some association with apprentice training. Four shall be representative of Connecticut industry, with …

Sec. 31-22o. (Formerly Sec. 31-51c). Powers and duties of council. The council may recommend minimum standards of apprenticeship and for related and supplementary instruction, encourage registration and approval of apprentice agreements and training programs, and issue certificat…

Sec. 31-22p. (Formerly Sec. 31-51d). Labor Commissioner's powers and duties. The Labor Commissioner, with the advice and guidance of the council, shall formulate work training standards which will ensure necessary safeguards for the welfare of apprentices and a full craft experie…

Sec. 31-22q. (Formerly Sec. 31-51e). Program of apprentice training. Informational campaign. (a) To assist in the administration of sections 31-22m to 31-22q, inclusive, and 31-22u, there shall continue to be maintained in the Labor Department a program of apprentice training. Th…

Sec. 31-22r. Apprenticeship registration; apprentices, sponsors. (a)(1) Each person who registered as an apprentice with the Labor Department before July 1, 2003, and has not completed an apprenticeship as of July 9, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department a registration fee of t…

Sec. 31-22s. Report re feasibility of on-line apprenticeship registration system. Section 31-22s is repealed, effective July 7, 2021. (P.A. 03-207, S. 2; P.A. 21-141, S. 12.)

Sec. 31-22t. (Formerly Sec. 31-51j). Preclusion of apprentice training programs prohibited. All collective bargaining clauses which, in the judgment of the federal or state contracting agency administering the contract, preclude, prohibit or in any way discourage employers or gro…

Sec. 31-22u. Military training evaluation. Any member of the armed forces or National Guard or any veteran, within two years of such veteran's discharge from the armed forces, may submit an application for military training evaluation to the Labor Department program of apprentice…

Sec. 31-22v. Office of apprenticeship training. Internet web site. (a) Not later than March 1, 2017, the Labor Department shall update the department's Internet web site with regard to the office of apprenticeship training. Such update shall include, but need not be limited to: (…

Sec. 31-23. Employment of minors prohibited in certain occupations. Exceptions. (a) No minor under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile or theatrical industry, restaurant or public dining room, or in any bowling …

Sec. 31-23a. Minors employed on or after October 1, 2007, deemed to have been lawfully employed. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section 31-23 in effect prior to June 2, 2008, any minor who reached the age of fifteen and was employed, on or after Octo…

Sec. 31-24. Hazardous employment of children forbidden. Except in technical education and career schools or in public schools teaching manual training, no child under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in adjusting or assisting in adjusting any belt upon …

Sec. 31-25. Operation of elevators by minors. No person under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to have the care, custody, operation or management of an elevator; any person, partnership or corporation violating this provision shall be fined not more than fifty …

Secs. 31-26 and 31-27. Employment of women before and after confinement. Seats to be provided for female employees. Sections 31-26 and 31-27 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7357, 7368; 1972, P.A. 53, S. 1; P.A. 74-185, S. 5.)

Sec. 31-28. Registration of manufacturing and mechanical establishments. Section 31-28 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1949 Rev., S. 3748; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)

Sec. 31-29. Manufacturing license for residential buildings. No person, except a member of the immediate family residing in a dwelling house, tenement house, rooming house, apartment house or other residential building, and no firm, partnership or corporation shall use such build…

Sec. 31-30. Home workers. Any person, other than a member of the immediate family residing therein, who, or firm, partnership or corporation which, engages in the manufacture of any products, or parts thereof, in any dwelling house, tenement house, rooming house, apartment house …

Sec. 31-31. Records of home workers and materials. Manufacturing and mechanical establishments may furnish materials to be manufactured in whole or in part by home workers, if such establishments are located within the state and subject to inspection and supervision by said commi…

Sec. 31-32. Penalty. Any person who, or firm, partnership or corporation which, violates any provision of sections 31-29 to 31-31, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each separate offense. (1949 Rev., S. 3765.)

Sec. 31-33. Regulation of industrial home work. Section 31-33 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1949 Rev., S. 3766; P.A. 95-79, S. 106, 189; P.A. 05-288, S. 135; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)

Sec. 31-34. Stained glass windows. Section 31-34 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 3750; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)

Sec. 31-35. Lighting and sanitary condition of factories and roundhouses. Section 31-35 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3751; P.A. 73-379, S. 20, 21.)

Sec. 31-36. Toilet room required in foundries. Penalty. The commissioner shall have authority by order to that effect to require the proprietor of any foundry in which ten or more persons are employed, situated in a locality where there is such system for the disposal of sewage a…

Sec. 31-37. Toilet accommodations in manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments and restaurants. Section 31-37 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3753; February, 1965, P.A. 324; P.A. 73-379, S. 20, 21.)

Sec. 31-38. Toilet accommodations on tobacco plantations. Section 31-38 is repealed, effective June 27, 2023. (1949 Rev., S. 8638; P.A. 23-117, S. 10.)

Secs. 31-38a and 31-38b. Sanitary, lighting and heating facilities for railroad employees. Commissioner to enforce. Sections 31-38a and 31-38b are repealed, effective June 11, 2014. (1959, P.A. 126, S. 1–3; P.A. 77-2, S. 3, 4; P.A. 14-187, S. 55.)

Sec. 31-39. Employees in paper factory to be vaccinated. Section 31-39 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7358; P.A. 87-134.)

Secs. 31-39a and 31-40. Operation of hydraulic loading and unloading equipment at resources recovery facilities. Reporting serious accidents in establishments or work places under jurisdiction of Labor Commissioner. Sections 31-39a and 31-40 are repealed, effective June 27, 2023.…

Secs. 31-40a and 31-40b. (Formerly Sec. 19-48). Reports of occupational diseases and investigations concerning them. Employers required to provide lung function test to certain employees. Sections 31-40a and 41-40b are repealed, effective May 23, 2022. (1949 Rev., S. 3867; P.A. 7…

Sec. 31-40aa. Rehiring laid-off employees. Notice of available positions required. Offers of employment. Retaliatory personnel action prohibited. Private right of action. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Building services enterprise” means a person providing janitorial, building…

Sec. 31-40bb. Access to public employee orientations and information by exclusive bargaining representative. Right to use electronic mail system, buildings and other facilities. Payroll deductions. Dispute proceedings. Prohibited practices. (a) Except as otherwise provided in thi…

Sec. 31-40c. Information and notice requirements for employers using or producing carcinogens. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, legal representatives or…

Secs. 31-40d to 31-40f. Complaints of violations; inspections; discrimination prohibited. Order to comply; citation; hearing; appeal. Penalties; duties of Labor Commissioner; private right of action. Sections 31-40d to 31-40f, inclusive, are repealed, effective June 27, 2023. (P.…

Sec. 31-40g. Information requirements for employers using or producing substances hazardous to reproductive systems. Upon offering employment to a prospective employee, each employer shall inform the prospective employee of any chemicals, toxic substances, radioactive materials o…

Secs. 31-40h and 31-40i. Sterilization as condition of employment prohibited. Enforcement; private right of action. Sections 31-40h and 31-40i are repealed, effective June 27, 2023. (P.A. 81-382, S. 4, 5; P.A. 23-117, S. 10.)

Sec. 31-40j. Definitions. As used in sections 31-40j to 31-40p, inclusive: (1) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons. (2) “Employer” m…

Sec. 31-40k. Employee's right to information concerning toxic substances. Employer's list. (a) Each employer shall post a sign, at a location readily available for viewing by employees, which informs the employees that they have the right to information from their employer regard…

Sec. 31-40l. Information requirements for employer using or producing toxic substances. (a) Each employer shall provide information on the toxic substances which he uses or produces in the manufacture of any item, product or material, or which he uses or produces for purposes of …

Sec. 31-40m. Information requirements of supplier of toxic substances. Labor Department assistance. (a) Any person who supplies any toxic substance to an employer shall provide the following information to the employer: (1) The generic or basic chemical name of the toxic substanc…

Sec. 31-40n. Trade secret protections. Registration with Labor Commissioner. When an employer or an employer's supplier claims that revealing the identity of a toxic substance, pursuant to the requirements of sections 31-40j to 31-40p, inclusive, would constitute the disclosure o…

Sec. 31-40o. Discrimination prohibited. Waiver of rights void. (a) No employer shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, or in any manner discriminate against any employee who exercises the rights afforded to him pursuant to the provisions of sections 31-40j to 31-40p, inclusiv…

Sec. 31-40p. Severability. If any section, clause or provision of sections 31-40j to 31-40o, inclusive, shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other sect…

Sec. 31-40q. Prohibition on smoking and use of electronic nicotine and cannabis delivery systems and vapor products in the workplace. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, bu…

Sec. 31-40r. Regulations establishing guidelines for exemptions from nonsmoking area requirements. Section 31-40r is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (P.A. 87-149, S. 2, 3; P.A. 03-45, S. 4.)

Sec. 31-40s. Smoking or use of tobacco products outside of the workplace. (a) No employer or agent of any employer shall require, as a condition of employment, that any employee or prospective employee refrain from smoking or using tobacco products outside the course of his emplo…

Sec. 31-40t. Employee's right to act in case of hazardous conditions. Complaints to and investigations by Labor Commissioner. Hearings. Regulations. Section 31-40t is repealed, effective June 6, 2016. (P.A. 91-33; P.A. 92-27; P.A. 95-79, S. 110, 189; P.A. 16-169, S. 35.)